Benjamin Lamson

Benjamin Lamson

Male 1761 - 1824  (63 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Lamson 
    Born 1 Mar 1761  Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1793  Morris Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 17 May 1824  Dover, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6
    Person ID P27608  Robert Jackson
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 

    Father Eleazer Lampson, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1720, Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1789, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane Bunnel,   b. 24 Feb 1723, prob Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1796, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F9553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thankful Hathaway,   b. 15 Mar 1767, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1826, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 9 May 1786  Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Children 
     1. Daniel Lamson,   b. 3 Apr 1788, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860  (Age > 73 years)  [natural]
     2. Ira Lamson,   b. 29 Mar 1792, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. date unknown  [natural]
     3. Jonathan Hathaway Lamson,   b. 2 Jun 1799, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1877, Lyons, Wayne, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     4. Albert G. Lamson,   b. 7 Aug 1803, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1881, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F9546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Benjamin was Elder of Rockaway Church in 1809, and inherited the property south of Dover and lived and died there."

      "History of Morris County, New Jersey" by Munsell, pg 292:
      "Benjamin Lampson bought of the proprietors a farm about a mile south of Dover, on the road from Rockaway to Mill Brook. This farm is occupied at the present time by his grandson Charles Lampson."

  • Sources 
    1. [S347986363] Rockaway Records of Morris County, New Jersey Families, Crayon, J. Percy, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/families.htm).
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/families.htm

    2. [S347984674] Find A Grave Website, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), Memorial# 29088119.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29088119

    3. [S347986365] New Jersey Census, 1643-1890 at ancestry.com, Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.
      Residence date: 1793Residence place: Morris County, NJ
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=njcen&h=19009414&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S347986363] Rockaway Records of Morris County, New Jersey Families, Crayon, J. Percy, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/families.htm).
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/lamson.htm "inherited the property south of Dover and lived and died there."

    5. [S347986363] Rockaway Records of Morris County, New Jersey Families, Crayon, J. Percy, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/families.htm), Lamson family.
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/lamson.htm

    6. [S347985568] Ancestry Family Trees.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8029974/person/-675854441

    7. [S347986363] Rockaway Records of Morris County, New Jersey Families, Crayon, J. Percy, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/families.htm), Lamson family.

    8. [S347984802] Book: History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J., Part II; The combined registers, from 1742 to 1885, (http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=15560&iid=dvm_LocHist001999-00354-1), pg 131.



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